Adjustable shade-roller support.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. RICH AND EDGAR L. RICH, OF NORTH YAKIIVIA, WASHINGTON.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE-ROLLER SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 19110.

Application filed May 13, 1909. Serial No. 495,701.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY L. RICH and EDGAR L. RICH, citizens of the United States, residing at North Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade-Roller Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable shade roller supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a shade roller support adapted to be adjustably secured to a window frame whereby the shade roller and shade may be raised or lowered to any desired position on the window frame.

A further object is to provide a simple and improved construction of roller supporting bracket and means for slidably securing the same in position on a window frame.

iVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination'and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an inner side view of a window showing the application of the invention thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view through one end of the roller supporting and attaching mechanism and the end of the shade roller; Fig. 3 is a detail side view of one of the shade roller brackets; Fig. 41 is a front view of the same; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the shade roller bracket is formed; Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the guide rod supporting brackets; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the guide rod bracket is formed; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a portion of the adjustable bracket connecting bar for the shade roller brackets; Fig. 9 is a cross sectional View through the adjustable connecting bar and the attaching clamp for the curtain cord.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a pair of-guide rods which are arranged on each side of the window frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and are preferably secured in place by means of attaching brackets 2 arranged at the upper and lower ends of the rods. The attaching brackets 52. are preferably formed froma single piece of sheet metal which is cut to form a frame engaging plate 3 having on one end a bracket member 4 which is bent at right angles to the attaching plate 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. On the outer end of the bracket member 4, the blank is cut to provide a socket forming member 5 which is bent at right angles to the bracket member 4 and is also bent to form a socket 6 to receive the end of the guide rod 1. The base or attaching plate 3 is provided with screw holes as 7 to receive screws or similar fastening devices whereby the plate is secured to the window frame.

Slidably engaged with the guide rods 1 are shade roller supporting brackets S which are preferably constructed from a single piece of sheet metal cut in the manner shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and bent to form a bracket member 9 which is provided with a bearing aperture or notch 10 to receive the pintle on the end of the shade roller. The blank is also cut to provide sleeve forming members 11 which are bent into the form of cylindrical attaching sleeves 12 and which are adapted to be slidably engaged with the guide rods 1. The bracket forming blank is also cut to provide a tongue 13 which is adapted to be inserted into the end of an adjustable connecting bar 14 arranged between the brackets.

The connecting bar 14 is preferably formed of inner and outer telescopically engaged sections 15 and 16. The opposite edges of the section 15 are bent upon themselves as shown at 17, while the opposite edges of the outer section 16 are bent in wardly to form channels 18 with which the opposite bent or folded edges of the inner member are slidably engaged thereby adjustably connecting the two sections of the bar together. The tongues 13 of the opposite brackets are engaged with the inwardly bent edges of the opposite ends of the sections 15 and 16 of the connecting rod and said bent edges are clenched into engagement with the tongues thus securing the brackets in the ends of the connecting rod.

Adapted to be engaged with the outer section of the connecting rod at a point midway between the ends of the rod is a cord attaching clamp 19 which is in the form of a loop or band having a shape to correspond with and snugly fit the sides of the con necting bar and having in one end a threaded aperture with which is engaged a clamping screw 20 adapted to be screwed into engagement with the adjacent edge of the connecting bar to clamp the band in position thereon. The screw 20 is provided with a head in the form of an eye 21 with which is connected one end of a curtain adjusting cord 22 which passes through a catch pulley 23 secured to the upper portion of the window frame or sash, as shown. The

opposite end of the cord 22 is connected with a ring 24 secured in the rod in the lower end of the shade.

By means of a shade roller support constructed as herein shown and described, the shade may be raised or lowered to any desired position on the window frame so that light may be admitted at the top of the window, while the lower portion thereof may be shaded, or light may be admitted both above and below the shade and the central portion of the window shaded.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

In a shade roller support of the character described, a pair of guide rods, means to secure said rods to a window frame, shade roller supporting brackets slidably mounted on said-guide rods, tongues formed on said brackets, a connecting bar arranged between said brackets, said bar comprising inner and outer telescopically engaged sections, and adapted to be engaged with said tongues at its oposite ends, a cord attaching band arranged on said bar, means to adjustably clamp said band in position on the bar, a curtain adjusting cord secured to said band, a catch pulley to receive said cord, and means to secure the opposite end of the cord to the lower end of the shade whereby said connecting bar and brackets may be raised and lowered on said guide rods to support the shade roller and shade at the desired elevation.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY L. RICH. EDGAR L. RICH.

Vitnesses F. J. ALLEN, GERTRUDE O. VVooo. 

